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iAnimate.net announces the Elite Games Animation Workshop 3, an interactive 14-week program directly pairing students with top working animators at the most recognizable game studios in the industry. The workshop offers a collection of master classes designed to sharpen artists game animation and storytelling skills. Courses begin September 8, 2014.

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The Elite Games Animation Workshop 3 includes a series of live talks, demos, reviews, and assignments that are designed to resemble an actual games production pipeline. In the workshop, instructors focus on techniques for games animation, which include timing, creating strong body mechanics, posing characters, player reactions, responsiveness of action, and more. Students also learn how to create interactive battles, cinematics, staging, and integration with popular game engines such as Unity.

“Our Elite Games Workshop brings together students and top animation instructors from triple A games studios around the world to share what it takes to excel in games animation today,” says Richard Arroyo, Head of Games Animation, iAnimate.net. “We give our students the tools and techniques they need to showcase their true value and be industry ready for games studios.”

THE COURSES AND INSTRUCTORS

Interactive Battles (weeks 1-2): Instructor Kevin Rucker, senior animator at Blizzard Entertainment, kicks off the workshop with the does and donts of game animationfrom planning parametric sequence references to simplifying the approach to execution.

Workflow, Camera Theory, and Cameras in Practice (weeks 3-5): Instructor Simon Unger, lead animator at Robotoki, has more than 13 years professional animation experience and recently served as animation director on the award-winning “Hitman: Abosolution” for Square Enix. Unger will cover the layout process, parametric animation, posing and framing as well as context, implementation, camera theory and cameras in practice, including basic composition, and how to stage a charcter on screen.

Creature Behaviors (weeks 6-7): Instructor Darryl Purdy, who before joining Eidos was animation director at Warner Bros. Games, Montreal, will use his more than 13 years experience in animation to demonstrate the processfrom layout to blocking. Purdy will also cover aligning worlds, setting up sequences, the block-in process, straight ahead and layered animation techniques, and more.

Cinematic and Games Performance/Interactive Games Cinematics (weeks 8-9): Lead Cinematic Animator and Instructor David Lam has more than eight years experience in games animation, working on numerous triple A titles for prominent games studios such as Activision, Lucas Arts, Bungie and Naughty Dog. Lams courses focus on cinematics, performance, and interactive games, including animation over technology, using references or mocap, keyframing, Interactive Game Cinematics (IGC), and more.

Special Lecture: How We Did It (weeks 10-12): Instructor Kristjan Zadzuk, animation director at Ubisoft Toronto, has more than 15 years industry experience, including credits on Ubisofts Splinter Cell Blacklist and Assassins Creed. Zadzuks course is a special lecture covering how we did it for an existing gamefrom animation, blocking, and setting up sequences to animation tips and techniques, workflow, and more.

The Game Engine (weeks 13-14): Instructor Bennie Terry III has more than 18 years experience as an art director and technical director in the film and games industry, working with companies such as Rhythm & Hues, Disney, and Marvel. Terry will focus on game engine development and analyzing and integrating an animation system.

JOIN THE WORKSHOP

For more details or to apply for the Elite Games Animation Workshop 3, begining September 8, 2014 and ending December 14, 2014, please visit iAnimate.net.

View the iAnimate Games Animation Student Showreel and Previous Games Workshop 3 Student Assignment Video.

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There are many type of dog training and many objectives, from basic obedience training to specialized areas including police dog, search and rescue, assistance to people with disabilities and entertainment.

Basic Obedience
This is the fundamental type of training in dogs and all dogs must have some form of obedience training. Basic obedience training makes life simple to your dog and eliminates confusion. Your dog will know his place in the world and understand right from wrong. Dogs seem to really appreciate and thrive on this black and white view of the world.

Entertainment
This form of training capitalizes on tricks to please an audience. They are excellent in resisting distractions coming from various people and even the environment. Some of the tricks being taught are standing, heeling, and moving objects. Training dog for show is hard work, but a lot of fun.

Police Dog
Police dogs were first used in 1899 by the Belgian police force. They serve and protect our communities’ daily, performing skills like protection, narcotics locating, and tracking criminal or missing persons. It takes special dogs and very special trainers to create productive policing teams. This is achieved through intensive and careful training.

Assistance to People with Disabilities
Many people who are blind, handicapped, or those with medical conditions take on the task of training their own assistance dogs. For some, this is the best option, because the dog can be trained to mitigate a disability specific to that particular person. Assistance dog training is quite expensive especially if one prefers a professionally trained and certified pet. One may also opt to take on the task of training them though.

Search and Rescue
A search and rescue dog is trained to locate that scent and help their handlers find people who are lost or missing. With great senses of smell, these types of dog find missing people through air scenting. This simply means tracking down people through their smell by sniffing through the air. Ground smelling may also be used.

Please also check out our other guide on Dog Agility Courses and Dog Agility Jumps.

The best moment to start to train your puppy is as soon as you get him. It is easier to learn the correct way to do things the first time than to have to untrain unruly habits when you first get him.

The very first thing you will need to do after purchasing your puppy is to take it to your home. The smartest way to carry your dog is by utilizing either a harness that attaches to the seatbelt or to use a medium size carrier . A dog that is not used to to those devices might feel uncomfortable at first, and whine, or show a desire to lay on your lap. This is a dangerous practice and should not be done. Use the dog restraint or car seat in the beginning and your puppy will soon not be uncomfortable with it.

After you reach home, the all-important puppy home training should take shape. Fortunately, for most dog breeds there is definitive instinct to deficate away from where they live. Even the very young of pups will often take a few steps away from its mother before doing its business. Most dogs are creatures of habit so as soon as you arrive home, begin walking the young dog to a place where you want it to pee. Be patient as it walks around and investigates its new environment. After it goes to the bathroom, offer lots of praise for doing the right thing. Eliminating outside can be scarey at first, this is because that is when a puppy is very vulnerable. To a little dog that is used to being inside, the great outdoors can be scarey in the beginning, so try not to be shocked if it runs away. Patiently bring your puppy back to the correct place, and reassure it that you are there for it. Bring it back to the same place often, and give it a moment to sniff around. Once it detects the smell of its last defication, it will feel inspired to repeat its past. Again, please give it plenty of praise and soft touches as you learn more information about dogs

Don’t punish your little dog for making mistakes. That will only cause it afraid of you. Shoving the dog’s face into its feces is a dangerous practice. After it has an accident, clean up the urine, or pick up the feces and take it outdoors, showing the dog where it goes.

While walking your puppy you should use a leash to  keep it safe. Using of a choke collar is discouraged, because it causes pain. To teach the dog to walk using a leash, say “Come on”. Then softly bring the puppy along, on your left side. Praise the puppy when he does walks along beside you without you having to pull it. This kind of leash walking should be utilized where there is a decent amount of room around.

When you are walking your puppy in a crowded location, such as an outdoor fair, you will want your puppypet to know “heel”. Say the command and gently move the puppy next to you. Reward the puppy after it listens.
 
The last command to learn is “stay”, which is useful when your around guests over who are afraid of some dogs. Give the command and then walk off a few feet away. If the dog tries to follow you, put the puppy back to the same spot, state the command again, and walk off a few feet. Begin by staying away for only a few moments, return, and give the puppy praise. Gradually increase the time as the dog learns.

Keep in mind, puppy training should be a good time for both of you, because you’re going to be this dog’s friend. When you are both settled with the basics, you should train your new friend a few tricks. Have fun.